<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">A potential funding opportunity for native plants and medicinals too!</div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:USDA-NRCS@public.govdelivery.com">USDA-NRCS@public.govdelivery.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 3:22 PM<br>Subject: NRCS offers another RCPP webinar<br><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px">The natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will hold another webinar on the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). This webinar will help potential applicants as they seek available funding.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.5px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19.5px">Webinar - June 11, 2-3:30pm</b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.5px"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19.5px"><br></span><b>About RCPP - </b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.2400007247925px;line-height:17.1360015869141px">The Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) promotes coordination between NRCS and its partners to deliver conservation assistance to producers and landowners. NRCS provides assistance to producers through partnership agreements and through program contracts or easement agreements. </span><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px">During the current round, the USDA will invest up to $235 million to improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural production.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.2400007247925px;line-height:17.1360015869141px"><br></strong></div><div class="gmail_quote"><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px">RCPP Eligible Partners</strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px"> - Agricultural or silvicultural producer associations, farmer cooperatives or other groups of producers, state or local governments, American Indian tribes, municipal water treatment entities, water and irrigation districts, conservation-driven nongovernmental organizations and institutions of higher education.</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px"><b>Pre-proposals - due July 8</b></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px">Visit the </span><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTUwNjA5LjQ1ODAyMzUxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE1MDYwOS40NTgwMjM1MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzQ2ODk4JmVtYWlsaWQ9cGF0cmljaWFfZGVhbmdlbGlzQGZ3cy5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXBhdHJpY2lhX2RlYW5nZWxpc0Bmd3MuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/farmbill/rcpp/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(29,87,130);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px">RCPP webpage</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px"> to learn more about the webinar.</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:17.1360015869141px"><br></span></div><div><br><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%!important"><table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%!important;background:rgb(238,238,238)" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"></td></tr></tbody></table><div>

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